Belogradchik Glacier

65°41′30″S 62°42′30″W / 65.69167°S 62.70833°W / -65.69167; -62.70833Length7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)Width3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusFlask GlacierStatusunknown

Belogradchik Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Белоградчик, romanized: lednik Belogradchik, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ bɛɫoɡrɐtˈt͡ʃik]) is a 14 km long and 5.6 km wide glacier in the southern Aristotle Mountains on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated south of Jeroboam Glacier and west of Ambergris Glacier. It drains from the southeast slopes of Madrid Dome and flows southeastwards to join Flask Glacier east of Mount Fedallah.

The feature is named after the town of Belogradchik in northwestern Bulgaria.^[1]

Location

Belogradchik Glacier is located at 65°41′30″S 62°42′30″W / 65.69167°S 62.70833°W / -65.69167; -62.70833. It was mapped by the British in 1976.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

• Belogradchik Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
• Basic data (English)

External links

• Belogradchik Glacier. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.